NGC-300 A tough one!

[Garyh]

Hi all again,
Seems that a lot of us have been getting some nice clear nights..:D
The transparency up here lately has been magic but its a pitty the seeing hasn`t been so kind even though the jetstream maps look good the seeing has been on the poor side.
Decided to go for NGC-300 2 nights ago as being very dark and clear it would be good for a faint one.. Boy this thing is real faint and I really had to push everything hard as well as cleaning up the noise. I think I spent more time processing this one than the exposure time..
I am fairly pleased with the results though.:)
image is 12 x 5 min iso 800, stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in PS.
I did 20 images all together but due to some sort of flexure I usually end up with dark streaks that I find very hard to remove. So I stuck to only the best 12 which was easier to smooth over...I wish I could nail what is moving in this newt?

Anyways here it is and all comments most welcome..:thumbsup:
cheers Gary
ps....I love all the faint fuzzies in this field!

[EzyStyles]

niceeelyyy captured gary. i have tried to capture this object before, the surface area is just too dim. But you have certainly done it nicely. well done.

[iceman]

Wow really nice Gary! Well done.

[Dennis]

A beautiful image Gary - well done. Nicely processed with lovely star colours too.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

nice one Gary. Could be the tube flexing with time and temperature. yep the surface brightness is dull

[Tamtarn]

Really well processed to bring out the detail on such a faint object Gary :thumbsup: Nice smooth background as well.

Many have said it's a hard one to get right...Looks like you did it !!

[jase]

Nice image Gary. Enjoy the composition presented. Interesting background colour noise, but doesn't detract from the image. Well done.

[Alchemy]

Galaxies are so tough, if it were easy everyone would do it.
id like to try this one myself oneday.

[Ric]

A lovely image Gary, you've captured some great detail in that galaxy.

[erick]

I like that image, Gary. many thanks. Just today I read, from the latest Oz Sky & Telescope, Les Dalrymple recommending this galaxy as a binocular target. I've marked it down for some future attention. :)

[Garyh]

Thankyou everyone for all your comments....:thumbsup:



cheers Eric..I would hate to try this from the burbs!..:thumbsup:



thanks Mike...I wanted to image this last year but only did a few subs which were very disapointing....I did better this time..:)
cheers



Thankyou for that Dennis..:thumbsup:



Thanks Houghy, yeah I have suspected my tube or mirror cell is causing me this headache. Images stack ok but with this flex your noise isn`t totally cancelled out with residue also trailed out...makes it much more obvious!
thanks again...:thumbsup:



Thanks Barb and David..always learning more all the time with this processing bussiness!!
:thumbsup:



thanks Jase.....hopefully I can get rid of the noise more effectively when I fix that flex problem..as it is I get lovely red and dark streaks which are really anoying and hard to remove...short exposures are not so bad but 5min and over its a real pain..
Thanks again Jase..:thumbsup:



Thanks Mate...:thumbsup:..I`m sure you would do a lovely job of it too as I have seen your galaxy post...:)
cheers Gary



Thanks Ric...I love galaxies..pitty most of them are too small for me to image well....It helps to try some challanging targets sometimes to push me procesing skills....:thumbsup:



Thanks Erick for that..:)...I say you should have no probs seeing it in 10x50s or larger bino`s in a dark location, I could barely see it in my 50mm finder..barely..

Thanks again everyone for the comments...:thumbsup:
cloudy here again so I can catch up on some sleep before the next clear patch comes along..
Cs every:hi:one

[richardo]

Hey Gaz,
an extremely tough object for sure.. very low surface brightness makes for long imaging times and compilations, not to mention long intervals at the computer.
Still, it's rather a unique galaxy in it's own right and definitely worth the effort.

Great job... looks great!

All the best
Rich